Colombo: Former Australian batsman Geoff Marsh has been named as Sri Lankan cricket coach on a two-year agreement, the Sri Lankan cricket board said Friday.
“He (Marsh) takes up his new assignment on September 27,” Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.
“With his vast coaching and playing experience at the highest level, Sri Lanka Cricket is confident that he would be an ideal choice.”
The former Australian opener, 52, scored 2,854 runs in 50 Tests and 4,357 in 117 one day internationals before leaving cricket in 1992.
Sri Lanka have been without a regular coach since the World Cup 2011 final in April.
Sri Lanka appointed Stuart Law as an interim coach for the England tour and then former paceman Rumesh Ratnayake for the recent home series against Australia.
Marsh, part of the 1987 World Cup-winning squad, coached Australia from 1995 to 1999 and then Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2004.
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